The Native American man goes by Chief House on social media and can be see screaming as he was tased multiple times Sunday by a park ranger at Petroglyph National Monument in New Mexico.
The ranger continuously tells House to show his hands which were visible, eventually telling him to put his hands behind his back, among other commands, while continuing to apply the tazer, making it impossible for House to do anything but scream.
At one point, House explains to the ranger he went off-trail when he saw another group approaching and wanted to maintain social distancing. Going off the trail is forbidden in some parts of Petroglyph, it's unclear if this was one of those parts, but there certainly weren't petroglyphs there to protect.
When another ranger arrives, the aggressive tazing continues, now at gunpoint with House still complying, on the ground writhing in pain. Eventually House is finally cuffed, and rangers explain he's being detained for failing to identify himself. He was under no obligation to ID himself as no crime was even suspected.
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